unconscious of having offended against any of the Colonial Office regulations and I am also unaware that I have in any respect failed in my duty as Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.
Distd 31th December 1870
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 30th instant - and regret the style in which
I feel called upon to address the Head of your Department.
With regard to the responsibility which
you were good enough to feel for me in which I occupy my leisure, I state
that during seven years tenure of office Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, Acting Colonial Surgeon date,
I felt called upon to interfere with the private pursuits of my subordinates and I do not see anything in our respective positions to impose upon you duties or responsibilities with regard to my private affairs.
I am at a loss to understand the purport of your letter of yesterday
for I do not gather from it that
you have recently learned anything which you did not know six years ago, and during the last six years you
on different occasions availed yourself both personally and for patients official and private of such skill and experience
as I happen to possess.
I have the honor to be
Your obedient Servant
Lgd C. J. Wharry
Superintendent
Dr. Ayres
Colonial Surgeon
You once more call my attention to any of the 29th instant to which
yours
does
not apply and repeat that I have been informed that I have
engaged in private practice and that it is not permitted by the rules of the service to any officer without special sanction from Government.
I request to know if you
have
explanation to offer, before reporting the matter
to Government.
I have the honor to be
Your obedient Servant
sgd P. B. Cleverly
Colonial Surgeon
C. J. Wherry by Mrd.
Lt, de Cord: Civil Hospital
Sir,
Government - Civil Hospital
Dated 2nd Jan's 1880
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo and with deference I shall be glad if you